Mathematics Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Mathematics (Science Across Cultures: the History of Non-Western Science)
Contributors: Ubiratan D'Ambrosio (Adapter); H. Selin (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: October 31, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780792364818
Subjects: History Of Mathematics; Production engineering; History & Philosophy; Cultural And Social Anthropology; Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; Mathematics, Ancient; General; Mathematics / History; Medical-General; Anthropology - Cultural; Ethnomathematics; History
First sentence: Mathematics is a method for communicating ideas between people about concepts such as numbers, space and time.